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Alice Du Pont
Orlando residents Myrna Torres, left, and her 12-year-old daughter Elonie, examine a butterfly, which is the enemy of the cabbage plant.
Getting grounded

Several hundred people attended Florida A&M University’s fourth annual Farm Fest 2013 at the Research and Extension Center and Farm, June 8, six miles north of Quincy on the Bainbridge Road.

 

Lacrosse tryouts set for Friday

C. Fields Sports Club will host summer league softball and boys’ lacrosse tryouts.

Softball tryouts are for girls ages 8 to 15. Tryouts will be at the Bobby Nealy Complex on June 14 at 5 p.m.

Lacrosse tryouts are for boys ages 9 to 14. Tryouts will be at the track and field at 5 p.m. June 10 to 14 on Martin Luther King Boulevard.

For information, call Coach Curtis Fields 646-733-7265 or Coach Earl Jackson 850-284-4972. 

Alice Du Pont
This is a view of where the 1,204-foot bridge will go in the Quincy Bypass.
Bypass work on track

Progress on the Quincy Bypass, which will connect State Road 12 to U.S. Highway 90 near Ralph Strong Road and the Capital Regional Medical Center Gadsden Campus, is about 30 percent complete and work on the project is moving at a steady pace, according to Anthony Manos, project engineer.

 

“Much of the clearing is done about a third of the drainage is complete and about 30 percent of the earthwork has been done,” Manos said.